LEADER 04371nam 2200829 450 001 9910458616003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-9737-7 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442697379 035 $a(CKB)2560000000054331 035 $a(EBL)3272825 035 $a(OCoLC)923774213 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000487127 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11325045 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487127 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10442128 035 $a(PQKB)10558869 035 $a(CEL)433651 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00226165 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3272825 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672907 035 $a(DE-B1597)479099 035 $a(OCoLC)987932964 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442697379 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672907 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258558 035 $a(OCoLC)958572586 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000054331 100 $a20160926h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRoads and ruins $ethe symbolic landscape of fascist Rome /$fPaul Baxa 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2010. 210 4$d©2010 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aToronto Italian Studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-9995-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPreface: Death on the Via del Mare -- $tIntroduction: Rome and Fascism -- $t1. The Landscape of the War -- $t2. Roads to Rome: The Blackshirts and the cittą nemico -- $t3. Demolitions: De-familiarizing the Roman Cityscape -- $t4. 'An uninterrupted racecourse': Fascism's Roman Roads -- $t5. The Palazzo and the Boulevard -- $t6. Resurrecting a Pagan Landscape -- $t7. Return of the Roman -- $tConclusion: The Cinematic City -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn the 1930s, the Italian Fascist regime profoundly changed the landscape of Rome's historic centre, demolishing buildings and displacing thousands of Romans in order to display the ruins of the pre-Christian Roman Empire. This transformation is commonly interpreted as a failed attempt to harmonize urban planning with Fascism's ideological exaltation of the Roman Empire.Roads and Ruins argues that the chaotic Fascist cityscape, filled with traffic and crumbling ruins, was in fact a reflection of the landscape of the First World War. In the radical interwar transformation of Roman space, Paul Baxa finds the embodiment of the Fascist exaltation of speed and destruction, with both roads and ruins defining the cultural impulses at the heart of the movement. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, including war diaries, memoirs, paintings, films, and government archives, Roads and Ruins is a richly textured study that offers an original perspective on a well known story. 410 0$aToronto Italian studies. 606 $aFascism$zItaly$zRome$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aFascism and culture$zItaly$zRome$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRoads$xPolitical aspects$zItaly$zRome$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aStreets$xPolitical aspects$zItaly$zRome$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCity planning$xPolitical aspects$zItaly$zRome$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLandscapes$xPolitical aspects$zItaly$zRome$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAntiquities$xPolitical aspects$zItaly$zRome$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aRome (Italy)$xAntiquities, Roman 607 $aRome (Italy)$xPolitics and government$y1870-1945 607 $aRome (Italy)$xHistory$y1870-1945 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFascism$xHistory 615 0$aFascism and culture$xHistory 615 0$aRoads$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aStreets$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aCity planning$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aLandscapes$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aAntiquities$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 676 $a945.632091 700 $aBaxa$b Paul$f1968-$0990088 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458616003321 996 $aRoads and ruins$92264620 997 $aUNINA